Check the weight of your heavy vehicle

If you drive a heavy vehicle in the Northern Territory (NT), it must not exceed the manufacturer's mass limit or the legal mass limit.

A vehicle is considered heavy if it is rated over 4.5 tonne Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM).

To check if your vehicle complies with mass limits, you can take it to your nearest weighbridge.

Weighbridges are available for voluntary and mandatory weight checks.

There are 4 weighbridges in the NT:

• Darwin
• Katherine
• Tennant Creek
• Alice Springs.

If you drive a heavy vehicle and see a weighbridge sign open, you must proceed as instructed to the weighbridge.

If it's manned, an enforcement officer will tell you what to do.

If it's unmanned, you may use the weighbridge for registration or voluntary compliance purposes. You can take note of the recorded weight of the vehicle displayed on the weighbridge screen.

You can use unmanned weighbridges 24 hours a day, 7 days a week including public holidays.

Weighbridge locations

Find your local weighbridge below.